Definitions and meaning of sui
sui
Noun
sui (plural suis)
- (Internet slang) Clipping of suicide.
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *sui, from Proto-Oceanic *ruʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi. Cognate with Indonesian duri, Malagasy rui, Acehnese duroë (“thorn”), Kosraean sri.
Noun
sui
- bone
Finnish
Verb
sui
- inflection of sukia:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Ido
Etymology
From su + -i.
Pronunciation
Determiner
sui
- plural of sua
Italian
Contraction
sui
- contraction of su i; on the
Anagrams
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *suj (“sour”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] xob.
Adjective
sui
- sour
Japanese
Romanization
sui
- Rōmaji transcription of すい
Khumi Chin
Pronunciation
Noun
sui
- gold
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 45
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.iː/, [ˈs̠uiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.i/, [ˈsuːi]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *swé. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕ (hé), Sanskrit स्वतह् (svataḥ), and perhaps Old English self (English self).
Pronoun
suī
- the genitive of the reflexive pronoun meaning of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves, one another, each other, etc.
- Ex nimia sui opinione.
- Having too good a conceit of himself.
- the inflected form of the possessive pronoun meaning his, her/hers, its, their.
- inflection of suus:
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
From sūs.
Noun
suī
- dative/ablative singular of sūs
Etymology 3
From suō.
Verb
suī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of suō
References
- “sui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Mandarin
Romanization
sui (sui5/sui0, Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄨㄟ)
- Nonstandard spelling of suī.
- Nonstandard spelling of suí.
- Nonstandard spelling of suǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of suì.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin sum (“I am”), influenced by fuī (“I was”) through the -ui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (early) /ˈsyi̯/
- IPA(key): (late) /ˈsɥi/
Verb
sui
- first-person singular present indicative of estre
Old Occitan
Verb
sui
- first-person singular present indicative of esser
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin subīre, present active infinitive of subeō (“approach”).
Pronunciation
Verb
a sui (third-person singular present suie, past participle suit) 4th conj.
- to get in
- to mount, climb up
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- sui in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
sui
- (transitive) to suck
- (transitive) to smoke (cigarettes, etc.)
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [suj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂuj˧˧] ~ [suj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂuj˧˧] ~ [suj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Noun
(classifier cây) sui
- Antiaris toxicaria
- Synonym: thuốc bắn
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *p-ruːj (“marriage”).
Noun
sui
- (Southern Vietnam) Short for sui gia.
Derived terms
Source: wiktionary.org